SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

create a new file with the following data:
insure ind1 ind2 ind3 bps.1 bps.2 bps.3
BCBS 1 0 0 160 . .
BCBS 1 1 0 120 130 .
Prucare 1 1 1 160 120 180
Prucare 1 0 0 135 . .
CASESTOVARS 185
• The command created three new indicator variables—one for each unique value of the index
variable month.
COUNT Subcommand
CASESTOVARS consolidates row groups in the original data into a single row in the new data
file. The COUNT subcommand creates a new variable that contains the number of rows in the
original data that were used to generate the row in the new data file.
• One new variable is named on the COUNT subcommand. It must have a unique name.
• The label for the new variable is optional and, if specified, must be delimited by
apostrophes or quotation marks.
• The format of the new count variable is F4.0.
Example
If the original data are as shown in the first example, the commands:
SPLIT FILE BY insure.
CASESTOVARS
/ID=caseid
/COUNT=countvar
/DROP=insure month bpd.
create a new file with the following data:
caseid countvar bps.1 bpd.2 bps.3
1 1 160 . .
2 2 120 130 .
1 3 160 200 180
2 1 135 . .
• The command created a count variable, countvar, which contains the number of rows in
the original data that were used to generate the current row.
FIXED Subcommand
The FIXED subcommand names the variables that should be copied from the original data to
the new data file.
• CASESTOVARS assumes that variables named on the FIXED subcommand do not vary
within row groups in the original data. If they vary, a warning message is generated and
the command is executed.